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Former Zambian President and independence leader Kenneth Kaunda has died at the age of 97. His death was confirmed by Zambia’s current President Edgar Chagwa Lungu, who said in a Facebook post today: “I learnt of your passing this afternoon ...

Francis Atuche, a former Managing Director (MD) of Bank PHB and Ugo Anyanwu, a former Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the bank, have been sentenced for N25.7 billion fraud. Ikeja High Court on Wednesday was tensed, as Anyanwu begged Justice ...

  A master degree graduate of the Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, Ella Williams, has been allegedly shot dead by suspected herdsmen along the Benin-Ekpoma expressway. Ella was travelling from Benin City to Ekpoma to pickup her call-up letter when ...

Controversial cleric, Rev. Chris Okotie is celebrating his 62nd birthday today. This is coming days after he was criticized on social media over a post he authored and many Nigerians believe was written to mock the late TB Joshua To ...

  A South African man identified as Kenny Dlamini has handed himself over to the police after shooting his 24-year-old girlfriend identified as Nozipho Mabuza, dead. The suspect allegedly shot and killed Nozipho in the Old Dobsonville section in Johannesburg, ...

  Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has named those behind the murder of former Nigerian Head of State, General Sani Abacha and businessman, Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola Abiola. Fani-Kayode claimed that Arafat’s bodyguard poisoned Abacha through a handshake, and also ...

  A 30-year-old Nigerian man identified as Stanley Igwe has been killed by South African policemen in the Kwazulu-Natal region of the country. However, Nigerian Citizens’ Association in South Africa (NICASA) has urged Nigerians living in the country to remain ...

  A woman who broke the Guinness World Record after giving birth to 10 babies has reportedly has gone missing. This is according to her supposed baby daddy, Tebogo Tsotetsi. Recall that Gosiame Thamara Sithole, 37, gave birth to her ...

  A married woman and her lover were publicly embarrassed after they stuck together while having sex. The incident happened on Wednesday morning in Gulu city, in the Northern Region of Uganda. Neigbours gathered to witness the outcome of their shameful ...

India’s central crime branch police in Bengaluru have arrested a Nigerian Kelvin Idika for selling cocaine in the city. The police said on Wednesday that they recovered from the Nigerian cocaine valued $973. The Bengaluru CCB’s anti-narcotics wing in its ...

Bola Tinubu, former Lagos Governor returned to Nigeria on Tuesday amid rumours about his death. The All Progressives Congress (APC) national leader was reportedly in France for medical care. The one time Senator is said to be battling ailments associated ...

  A board member of the Fairfax County School Board in Virginia, US, told students to remember the word “Jihad” as she warned they were entering a world ruled by “white supremacy”. Abrar Omeish made this known in an address ...

  Adamu Garba, the owner of the controversial social media app, Crowee, has been suspended on Instagram for policy violation.   This is coming after Google deleted his social media application, Crowee, from Playstore. “They’ve taken down my Instagram account ...

  The Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF) has doled out a whooping N4.2billion as part of its unconditional Micro Grant Programme for empowering women in the rural areas across the country. Speaking at the flag-off of its one-off unconditional Micro-grants Programme ...

  Shamima Begum has said she was just a “dumb kid” when she joined terror network, ISIS in Syria and insists she does not need rehabilitating. The 21-year-old jihadi bride fled Britain to join the militant group in 2015, when ...

  A mum, Chelsea Cuthbertson, 28, allegedly murdered her six-week-old son by shaking him so hard he suffered catastrophic brain injuries, a jury has heard. Chelsea called for an ambulance and said son Malakai Watts was not breathing but doctors ...

  Rev. Polycarp Zongo, a pastor at COCIN Wild Life Park Jos, Plateau State, has regained freedom seven months after he was kidnapped by Islamic State militants in Gombe State.   The cleric was among several humanitarian workers and civilians released ...

  There was an uproar at the Okere Prison in Delta State today June 15 after a security agent allegedly shot dead a young man who visited his friend in the prison.   SaharaReporters reports that the deceased who was there ...

  MacKenzie Scott, the philanthropist and ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, announced that she’s making a new round of donations to charity.   MacKenzie, who is now married to Dan Jewett after her 25-year-old marriage to Amazon CEO crashed, ...

  Shekau Dead: The death of Abubakar Shekau has been confirmed by his terrorist group, Jama’atu Ahlussunnah Lidda’awati Wal Jihad (JAS) faction of Boko Haram. Recall that the rival terror group, Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) had said Shekau ...

  Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said that the Chief Executive Officer of Twitter, Jack Dorsey is ”vicariously liable” for the losses Nigeria incurred during the #EndSARS protest. Mohammed made the comment when he featured on a ...

  A Spanish court on Tuesday sentenced a man to 15 years and five months in prison after finding him guilty of strangling his mother and then eating her. The court ruled Albert S.G. — dubbed the “cannibal of Ventas” ...

  Former Lagos state Governor and the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress Bola Tinubu, is reportedly in Paris for a medical checkup. According to SaharaReporters, Tinubu’s  health is reportedly due to old age. He was also said to be ...

  Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa has said that he’s been receiving death threats since he was appointed chairman of the anti-graft agency.   Bawa disclosed this during an interview on Channels Television’s breakfast programme, Sunrise ...

A pastor identified as Kalu Ijeoma of Deliverance Evangelical Church, Onitsha has been arrested by the police for allegedly defiling a 19-month-old child in Asaba, Delta state. It was earlier reported that the pastor was accused of defiling the minor ...